Overview

• Khalid Malik was arrested in the Laksar area of Haridwar and handed to Dehradun police custody, while his sister Sabia had been detained earlier and sent to judicial custody.
• Investigators say Khalid, a candidate, used a device to photograph three pages carrying 12 questions and sent them to a phone in Sabia’s possession, after which she sought answers from assistant professor Suman.
• A recorded conversation and viral screenshots with timestamps support the sequence of events, according to Rishikesh SP Jaya Baluni.
• A case has been registered at Raipur police station under the Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Control of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Ordinance, 2023, and a Dehradun SIT has questioned the principal, room inspector, and jammer installers.
• Haridwar police found an illegal electricity connection at Khalid’s residence and booked his father under the Electricity Act, as officials probe possible roles of Hina and others with no organised gang link established so far.